Spectacle case



Nov. 4, 1952 E. NATHAN 2,616,555

SPECTACLE CASE Filed March 18, 1950 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 INVENTOR.

-. NA THA ATTORNEY NOV. 4, 1952 NATHAN 2,616,555

SPECTACLE CASE Filed March 18, 1950 2 SHEETSSHEET 1?.

10 L55 56 7 U I INVENTOR. 15 NA 779A A/ ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 4, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT orrlcs SPECTACLE CASE Emanuel Nathan, Maplewood, N. J.

Application March 18, 1950, Serial No. 150,461

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to spectacle cases having a pocket portion to receive the spectacles and a flap to be folded over the pocket portion to enclose the spectacles. Such cases are manufactured and sold in large quantities; facility of manufacture and cost of production are important factors.

The spectacle case of the instant invention is adapted to meet the requirements of high-speed production at low cost, dispensing with stitching and analogous costly and time-consuming operations.

The spectacle case of my invention is manufactured from a flat blank cut to define selfaligning interlocking portions for facility and accuracy of assembly.

The invention utilizes a comparatively flexible sheet to provide the desired flexibility, particularly in the flap and rear wall portions of the case, and combines these features with a relatively rigid front wall structure attained as hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a plan view of a comparatively flexible sheet member embodying the invention,

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a relatively rigid sheet used in making the spectacle case of the invention,

Fig. 3 is a rear elevational view of a spectacle case made pursuant to the invention, shown with the flap in open position,

Fig. 4. is a similar, front elevational view thereof,

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view, taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4, and.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view taken on line 6--6 of Fig. 4.

The spectacle case [0 is shown in the drawings as comprising a sheet I l of flexible material cut to define a front wall portion I2, the free longitudinal edge i2 of which is cut to define a recess l3. The front wall portion 12 is provided with outwardly pointed end flaps 14, I5. A rear wall portion 16 extends from the front wall portion and is provided with an outwardly pointed flap l1. Complementary latching elements l8, l9 may be provided to displaceably secure the flap H to the front wall of the spectacle case to close the latter. The rear wall l6 may be provided with slits 20, 2| cut on axial lines 22, 23 which are directed away from the front wall portion (see Fig. l). Rivets 24, 25 or the like are passed through the flaps and rear wall to secure the same together as shown in Figs. 3 and 5. A relatively rigid sheet 30 is provided (Fig. 2), cut to the outline of the front wall l2, said sheet having angularly directed end portions 3|, 32 which are downwardly tapered. The rigid sheet 30 may be secured in the case in registry with the front wall portion by means of a rivet member 36 passing through said sheet and front wall portion and having an enlarged portion 31 to serve as a block on which the spectacles may be disposed in the pocket 35 (Fig. 6), of the case.

From an examination of the drawings and the description above, it will be seen that the manufacture and assembly of the spectacles are operations which may be performed economically and at great speed and the spectacle case, made in accordance with the invention, incorporates the desired flexibility in the rear wall and top flap portions thereof to facilitate use of the case, while the rigid sheet 30 constitutes the front wall and end walls of the case interiorly. V-shaped recesses 33, 34 (Fig. 1) may be provided at the juncture of the front wall portion and pointed end flaps of the case.

The side edges I1, I8 of the rear wall l5 are upwardly, outwardly directed, parallel to the slits 25, 2|. By this arrangement, when the end flaps l4, [5 are folded around the side edges 11, I 8' and passed through the slits 20, 2 I, the spectacle case will have the desired downwardly tapered appearance noted in Figs. 3 and 4, the downwardly tapered rigid sheet 30 cooperating in that formation of the case.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A spectacle case open along its top and having front and rear walls integrally united along the lower edge of the casing, the flaps integral with the front wall and extending rearwardly therefrom in overlapping relation to the surface of the rear wall and secured against the surface of the rear wall forming closed ends for the case, a closure flap integral with the top of the rear wall and extending downwardly in overlapping relation to the front wall when closed, a reinforcing member for the front wall formed of stiff sheet material disposed within the case against the front wall and extending for the full width and depth of said front wall, said reinforcing member having end portions extendlng diagonally at a rearward incline to the ends of the rear wall, said end portions tapering towards their lower ends, a hollow block formed of stiff metal disposed in the case between the front and rear walls and having a flared rear end presented toward the rear wall, said block REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

Number 10 Number 4 UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Shaffer Oct. 29, 1912 Aldrich Aug. 28, 1928 Roth Apr. 20, 1943 Feld Aug. 12, 1947 Mittell Apr. 27, 1948 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Great Britain Apr. 2, 1936 

